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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Hey there, everyone! Welcome to the last day of our April Lawn Fawn inspiration week! Today we are showcasing "Stay Tuned", which is a super cute 3x4 stamp set. You are going to just love the retro images and cute sentiments on this one!

This card is pretty clean and simple, and I just love the fun circle cut out!! Here is what I created:

Monday, April 23, 2012

Hey there, everyone! Welcome to day three of the April Lawn Fawn inspiration week! Today we are showcasing a mini stamp set, which is perfect for stamping on the back of your cards or adding to handmade gifts you give people. It is called "Handmade With Love", and you are going to love it.

I decided to use it on the back of one of my cards today. It just so happens that the font matches the sentiments in "Grand Greetings", so I used them together! Here is what I created:

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Welcome to day two of our April Lawn Fawn inspiration week!! Today we are showcasing a new alphabet set called "Claire's ABCs". This is a super cute alpha, and it is a similar font to some of the sentiments that you will see throughout the Lawn Fawn stamp sets.

I created a cute little Earth Day card, combining this alpha set with "On The Mend". The heart shaped world is from the Give A Hoot Cricut cartridge, and I just think it is adorable!!! Love that it is heart shaped! I also used these stitched felt hearts, which I think I have had in my stash for at least 3 years!! Tee hee! Glad I found a cute way to use them!! Here is what I created:

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Hey there, everyone! Welcome to the April Lawn Fawn inspiration week! We are having 5 fun filled days full of inspiration and giveaways on the Lawn Fawn blog!! Today we are showcasing the new "Flutter By" stamp set, which is ultra feminine and full of flowers and butterflies.

I went a little shabby chic with my card, and layered this & that to my heart's content! I love the glittered doily in the background, and the paper pieced butterfly from the stamp set was the perfect touch to accent the sentiment with. Here is what I created:

Friday, April 20, 2012

Happy Friday, everyone!! Welcome to this month's Key Ingredients blog hop!! Our challenge this month is to get creative with TAGS. And don't forget that we want our subscribers to play along with us, so be sure to add your projects to the link list on Taylor's blog!!

Today I am sharing a card that uses three of the tags as a background accent. Here is what I created:

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hey there, everyone! Sorry for being a bit late to choosing the winner...we have family in town, and I have been busy getting ready for them to arrive/them actually arriving! Here is the winner of the Paper Smooches "Spring Groves" stamp set:

Congratulations! Please forward your shipping address to jnllawson @ bresnan.net, and I will forward it onto Kim, who will get the stamps sent off to you. Thanks to everyone for such sweet comments on my card...I greatly appreciate them!! I better get going for now, so I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Welcome to the NinaB Designs's 2nd blog hop! We had a great time last month and we just want to thank you for your enthusiasm and encouraging words. The NBD team has new projects to show you today featuring NinaB Designs Spellbinders™ Paper Arts (Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements), The Craft's Meow Stamps, and Want2Scrap bling.
We have added a new twist to our hop. Not only do we have tons of inspiration for you, but we also are joining in the Crafty Friends' challenge that you can participate in. And of course, there will be prizes up for grabs! You will find more info below. So now that some of the details are out of the way, here is what I created for the blog hop!!

Instructions: Make card from grey cardstock. Cut white hexagon paper slightly smaller and adhere. Cut two strip of patterned paper and adhere to the left side. Fussy cut a section of hexagons from patterned paper and adhere to the top of the paper strips with foam adhesive. Stamp the sentiment to a yellow gingham paper strip and adhere to the bottom of the hexagons. Diecut two stars from patterned papers. Adhere the striped star to the right of the sentiment using foam adhesive. Tie a double bow from twine, tread a button around the center and adhere to the middle of the striped star. Punch an upper crest border to white hexagon paper and adhere below the sentiment. Thread the smaller diecut star with twine, then adhere to the left of the striped star. Thread a chipboard button with twine and adhere to one of the left hand hexagons. Thread three chipboard banner pieces with twine, and adhere to the upper right corner to finish.

I have created my card for some challenges, which will be linked up at the very bottom of this post. For now, let's get back to the details of the blog hop!

THE CHALLENGE:
If you choose to participate in the challenge, create a new project that uses two die cuts. They don't have to come from two different die cut sets. Then, link it to the Crafty Friends' challenge blog. One participant will win the Sewing Elements dies. You can enter as many as you want.

THE RULES:
Leave a comment on as many blog hop stops as possible. FOUR commenters left on the NinaB Designs team blogs will be picked to win prizes. One comment per blog please. This is open to our international friends. Here are the links to the NBD team:

Friday, April 13, 2012

Hey there, everyone! My friend, Kim Hughes, has asked me to help promote one of her newest stamp sets this month. When she sent me the email, I was like "Of course!!" I love Kim's cute stamps...I have been a fan of hers ever since her CHF days, and that is the time that we "got to know" each other as card makers. We also were both part of the CPS sketch blog team together.

On April 15th, Paper Smooches
will release their newest set called "Spring Groves" and I am here
today to help promote this sweet set! This is the sixth stamp set
from their "Kismet collection". Here is what I created with this super cute stamp set!

"Welcome Spring" supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (kraft)

Paper: Simple Stories (Fabulous 6x6 paper pad)

Stamps: Paper Smooches (Spring Groves set)

Ink: Clearsnap (Stephanie Bernard Dye: chocolate & Pigment: berry)

Flowers: Recollections
Jewels: Kaiser Craft

Border Punch: Fiskars (upper crest)

Aren't these stamps just the CUTEST?! These trees are my very favorite image in the stamp set, but there are a lot of other super adorable images included too! The other thing I love about Kim's stamps in general is that they stamp so cleanly and are such great quality! And guess what? I have one "Spring Groves" stamp set to giveaway to one lucky
person!

You have until midnight on April 15th to leave a comment on this blog post! I
will post the winner here on Monday, April 16th For more chances to win...please visit:

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Hey there, everyone!! Welcome to the group post, which is the last night of our WPlus9 release week! This means that everything is now for sale in the WPlus9 store, and a final project from all of the design team in one post on Dawn's blog!! I LOVE seeing everyone's projects together in one post...I think I say that every single release, but it is just true! We all have such different styles, and it is just so fun to see what everyone comes up with!

I decided to create an Easter card using the brand new Super Star stamp set, while mixing and matching older sets to create a custom Easter sentiment. I wanted the card to be more faith based, and the starburst in Super Star made for the perfect rising sun. The resurrection of Jesus is what we celebrate this time of year, and I wanted to create a card with this in mind.

My new plates were also delivered, and I was able to use the Chevron impression plate...and let me just say, I am super impressed with it! I have had metal impression plates from other companies and gotten rid of them because they worked horribly, and warped. The WPlus9 impression plate is sturdy and hard....and it embossed beautifully. I am SO excited that Dawn has introduced them, and I can't wait to see what other plates she comes up with! Without further ado, here is what I created!

Instructions: Make card from vintage cream cardstock, then round the bottom corners. Emboss a kraft cardstock block with the chevron impression plate, round the bottom corners and adhere to the bottom of the card. Stamp the sunburst right above the kraft cardstock block. Wrap crocheted trim around the top of the kraft block, then tie twine around that into a double bow. Thread a button around the middle of the bow using matching twine. Diecut the banner from vintage cream cardstock, stamp the sentiment to it and adhere below the trim. Accent with brown jewels to finish.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Hey there, all!! Welcome to day 3 of the April WPlus9 release! I hope that you are enjoying all the inspiring projects and new products that WPlus9 is coming out with this month. Tonight we are sharing ANOTHER brand new item never before sold by WPlus9. You are going to be so excited!! Here is what we are introducing tonight:

Label Layers 4

is a 4x6 clear photopolymer stamp set

contains 9 stamps; 1 frame, 6 sentiment builders, and 2 accent images

will be available for purchase April 5th

Label Layers 4 Companion Die

coordinates with the Label Layers 4 stamp set

two separate dies wired together that can be easily snipped and separated

will be available for purchase April 5th

We
are also very pleased to announce that we are adding Impression plates
to the Wplus9 line. These plates are manufactured by the same company as
our Designer Dies. So you can expect the same high quality and lifetime
guarantee that you've come to expect from Wplus9.

Chevron Impression Plate

5.75" x 4.5" double sided steel impression plate

made in the USA

will be available for purchase April 5th

I have a little bit of a sad face right now, because I am waiting on some new sandwich plates to come in for my Cuttlebug...so I couldn't use the impression plate. :( But, I will definitely be using it tons once they come in, and I can't wait!!! So for tonight, I used Label Layers 4 and coordinating dies for my card. You are going to just LOVE this stamp set....it is definitely a must have!! Here is what I created:

Instructions: Make card from black cardstock. Cut cheetah print paper slightly smaller, sand the edges and adhere. Adhere the scalloped border to the top of the card and the glittered banner to the bottom. Thread black lace through a metal charm and adhere to the top of the glittered banner. Add jewels to the metal charm, then adhere matching lace to the top of the scalloped border. Diecut the bottom label layer from pink paper and then stamp the label image to it. Diecut the top label layer from white cardstock, stamp the sentiment to it and adhere to the pink layer with foam adhesive. Accent with jewels, then adhere to the card front with foam adhesive. Adhere three flowers to the left side of layered labels to finish.

Sigh- so, I am kind-of in love with that card. I just got these new papers & diecut banners in the mail today...and had to use them right away. Oh how I have missed Heidi Swapp product, and they mixed perfectly with these amazing WPlus9 stamps & dies!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the WPlus9 team has created
with this amazing, new stamp sets! And don't forget...there are usually
giveaways every night on Dawn's blog!! ;)

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Hey there, everyone!! Welcome to day 2 of this month's WPlus9 release week! So, did you just love the stamp sets & dies that were shown yesterday? It certainly seems like it, because we have heard TONS of great feedback!! That is such a delight! Tonight we have more stamps and dies to share with you. First up, here is the information on the stamp set for my first card:

Mother's Day Bouquet

is a 4x3 clear photopolymer stamp set

contains 11 stamps; 6 images and 1 sentiment

will be available for purchase April 5th

This is such a pretty mini stamp set, with pretty flowers & a butterfly that are very easy to fussy cut. You will see that is what I did on my card, and then layered them together to add dimension. Here is what I created!

Instructions: Make card from vintage cream cardstock. Cut pink dotted paper slightly smaller, sand the edges and adhere. Cut a block of floral paper, sand the edges and adhere to the top. Sand the edges of a matching tag and adhere to the middle. Diecut a lacey circle from plaid paper, sand the edges and adhere to the top of the tag. Tie a double bow from cream seam binding, thread a button around the middle using twine and adhere to the top of the tag. Diecut the label from vintage cream cardstock, then stamp the sentiment to it. Stamp the flowers & leaves to vintage cream cardstock, and cut out. Adhere to the bottom of the sentiment label, and then accent with jewels. Stamp the butterflies to vintage cream cardstock, cut out and adhere to the label. Add the entire stamped label to the middle of the card. Thread three buttons with twine and adhere them to the lower right corner to finish.

So, we have celebrated mother's so far. How about we celebrate all the father's in the world too! First up, here is the info on the stamp set & dies used:

Super Star

is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set

contains 17 stamps; 9 images, 1 banner, and 8 sentiment builders

will be available for purchase April 5th

Tie Companion Die

coordinates with the Super Star stamp set

two separate dies wired together that can be easily snipped and separated

will be available for purchase
April 5th

Banner Trio Die

compliments the Super Star and Love You More stamp sets

three separate dies wired together that can be easily snipped and separated

will be available for purchase April 5th

I didn't use the Tie Companion Dies, but can't wait to use them in the near future!! They will make for such cute masculine cards!! For my card, I focused on the awesome star burst in the stamp set, and the banners. Here is what I created:

Instructions: Make card from kraft cardstock. Cut two strip of star paper, distress ink the edge and adhere to the top and bottom of the card. Stamp the star burst to the top of the kraft cardstock, and accent with clear star jewels. Diecut the banner from vintage cream cardstock, distress ink the edges and then stamp the border and sentiment to it. Adhere the banner to the bottom of the star bursts. Stamp the rest of the sentiment directly below the banner, and then accent with brown jewels. Wrap twine around the top and bottom seams to finish.